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I have one of my most arcane movie lists for you this week. It’s the best movies featuring actors who appeared in “Beetlejuice,” which also was the theme of my Movie Quote Quiz last Friday. Actually, I focused on the...

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I have one of my most arcane movie lists for you this week. It’s the best movies featuring actors who appeared in “Beetlejuice,” which also was the theme of my Movie Quote Quiz last Friday. Actually, I focused on the ...

Cross-country coaches may be buying tickets to "McFarland, USA" in bulk. It's the inspirational story of a real-life coach at McFarland High School who molded a winning team of Latino runners. The young athletes squeezed in training and...

"McFarland, USA" could so easily have been yet another mushy, feel-good, by-the-numbers sports underdog movie. And in beginning, it seems like it's heading there. But soon, thanks to the genuine heart in its (true) story and a pitch-perfect,...

His name is Jim White. He's a coach. But that last name is all the students his prospective athletes need to know at McFarland High School. "White. That an acceptable name where you come from, Holmes?" Why sign up for his cross...

It's been a long road to the big screen for Aaron Guzikowski's script "Prisoners," which landed on the "Black List" of the best unproduced screenplays of the year, back in 2009.
After seeing a slew of leading men (such as Mark...

Actress Maria Bello listed her Craftsman home in Venice for sale at $1.85 million and within 10 days it was in escrow.
Built in 1915 and set behind gates in a walk-street area, the house is painted blue with red doors and windows and yellow accents....

With the big-budget spectacles of summer behind us and the dramas of awards season on the horizon, French Canadian director Denis Villeneuve, a foreign-language Oscar nominee for 2010's "Incendies," returns with another dark, weighty film:...

Gwen Stefani sparkled at the inaugural gala for the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, but her fringed Ferragamo gown did little to distract attention from her midsection.
The singer is reportedly expecting her third child...

It is just a few minutes into "Grown Ups 2" when star Adam Sandler is peed on in the face by a deer. How one feels about that — is it funny, is it cheap, is it a weird curiosity? — will likely be an accurate litmus test for responses to the rest...

Two new series premiering Thursday try to reinterpret iconic detective shows—with completely different results.“Prime Suspect” (9 p.m. Sept. 22, NBC; 3 stars), an adaptation of the British series that made Helen Mirren an international star, will hit...

When Tim Griffin first auditioned for a role in NBC's "Prime Suspect," he read for a completely different part than that of NYPD Det. Augie Blando.But after meeting the veteran character actor, producers Peter Berg and Alexandra Cunningham asked...